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Effect of prone position on right ventricular dysfunction due to pulmonary embolism assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography.
Journal of Ultrasound 2022 September 26
Prone position has shown beneficial hemodynamic effects in patients with right ventricular dysfunction associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome decreasing the right ventricle afterload. We describe the case of a 57-year-old man with right ventricular dysfunction associated with pulmonary thromboembolism with severe hypoxemia that required mechanical ventilation in prone position. With this maneuver, we verified an improvement not only in his oxygenation, but also in his right ventricular function assessed with speckle tracking echocardiography. Our case shows the potential beneficial effect of the prone position maneuver in severely hypoxemic patients with right ventricular dysfunction associated with pulmonary thromboembolism.
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